Insecticide and fertilizer sprinkler nozzle



Nov. 21, 1933. H. w $|EBERT 1,936,275

INSECTICIDE AND FERTILIZER SPRINKLER NOZZLE Filed Nov. 13, 1931 INVENTOR Harry i Vffizeri,

W ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 21, 1933 UNITED STATES INSECTICIDE AND FERTILIZER SPRINKLER. NOZZLE Harry W. Siebert, New York,

N. Y., assignor to Garden Insecticide Corporation, a corporation of New York Application November 13, 1931 Serial No. 574,768

8 Claims. (Cl. 299- 83) This invention relates to fiuidor water applicators or distributors, such as those of the horticultural type, by which materials or soluble insecticides, fungicides or the like, are intermixed with theliquid during or before its application, and has particular reference to a novel con struction for effecting the intermixing operation.

As herein disclosed the device is illustrated in connection with standard water pipe elements, which include a flexible hose and'a discharge nozzle, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide an interposed carrier or container for the insecticide, as aforesaid, in which the water during its course is so conducted as to successively-engage different or spaced portions of the insecticide while dissolving the latter for distribution or sprinkling.

In order to facilitate the mixing operation and to render the same complete, another object of the invention is to change the direction of movement of the water, at least locally, subsequent to its passage through one portion of the insecticide or chemical material, and then after such change to again cause movement of the mixture through one or more further portions of the said chemical.

This material is herein shown in the form of pellets, balls or globular bodies, and since the groups or aforesaid portions thereof need not be all of similar composition, it follows that the mixture after passing through each group or unit may vary as to constituent elements; in other wordsone unit may consist, for example, of fertilizing material, and another of insecticide material, this being in accordance with a further object of the invention; Also, diiierent component parts of the same insecticide may be housed in the spaced compartments of the device.

The container includes spaced tubes, one of which is foraminate, and a feature of the invention is disclosed in the form of baiiies or control devices which urge the water or fluid mixture alternately inwardly and outwardly between the tubes and in association with the said groups or units.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement and combination of parts, the essential features of which are clearly described in the following specification, and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l' is a longitudinal central sectional view of my insecticide mixer and applicator; anddevice includes a cylindrical wall 10, on one end Figs.'2 and 3 are vertical sectional'views taken on the lines 2 and 3 respectively of Fig. 1. I Fig. Us a partial vertical sectional view show-. ing another modification of the invention.

Similar characters of reference are applied to corresponding parts throughout the 'difierent views. l

Constructed of metal as of the-rust proof type or other suitable material, the outer casing of the of which are threads 11 to cooperate with mating threads on a flange 12 of a terminal cap 13. This cap, which is provided with an expanded funnel i l or filling spout, is formed at its neck 15 with internal threads for removably receiving threads 16 of any fluid delivering line,'such as a water hose 1'7. Said hose may have thereon any valve or control means, not shown.

Mounted as at 18 on the opposite end of wall 10 is another cap 19, which is provided with threads 20 to receive cooperating threads of a discharge nozzle 21. In the present instance the discharge nozzle includes a tapered or slightly contracted terminal 22. As the threads 20 and those of the cap 13 are of standard dimensions, the device may be attached to any pipe line, a nozzle, as'at 21, being removable from the line for attachment of the device to the said threads 16.

' lvietallically attached to the inner periphery of the casing 10 is a flange, as shown, of a baffle or collar 23, whichcollar also includes a flange 24, and spaced from said collar and similarly attached forwardly thereof is a second collar. 25, which latter has a flange 26. Held rigid with the cap 13 by fastening elements, as represented at 27, is a wire mesh or screen container 28, and this container, spaced from the casing 10, is supported towards its free or forward end by said collars 23, 25.- i

Within the container 28 and metallically attached to the wall thereof is a partition, disk or annular baflie plate 29, in which is an opening 30, and forwardlyof this plate is a second like baffle 31, which is provided with an opening 32. These bafiies provide in the container 28 come partments A, B, and as the material of said container is continuous over its forward end 33 another compartment C is formed thereat. The openings 30 and 32 are here shown of similar diameter, but this is merely illustrative, since the diameters may be different, that of the baflie 31 being preferably smaller than the other; as shown at 30 and 32 in Fig. 4.

Balls or pellets 34 of compressed or otherwise formed chemical or insecticide material are shown in the aforesaid compartments of the container 28, and these balls may also be of like or diiferent materials as hereinbefore indicated. Said balls are placed in their compartments be fore attaching the device to the threads 16, and as the container 28 is movable in its supporting collars the outer casing 10 may at any time be removed, as for inspection of the container or for adjustment at the fastening elements 27.

The action of the fluid or water, as represented by the arrows, subsequent to its entry to the device at the intake end 35, is through the chemicals 34 and then partly outwardly and inwardly through the foraminate Wall 28, part of the fluid being movable directly through the chemicals and opening 30. The bailie 29 andsaid chemicals tend to congest the passage of the device for urging the fluid outwardly, and the collar or support 23 is efiective to urge the fluid again inwardly to the axial line of the container. This action is repeated at the compartment B, owing to the position of baffle 31 and deflecting collar 25; and the fluid is finally moved through the compartment C and wall portion or disk 33 in thoroughly mixed condition.

As the soluble balls 34 diminish in size, through the action of the water, which'would ordinarily be retarded by the small balls or mass of chemicals, the flow of the water is caused to move in a greater degree through the wall of the container to bring about general uniformity of movement of the fluid, which results in a constant outwardly flow at the discharge nozzle.

This action also prevents the tendency by which part of the water, owingto its longer time in the more densely packed material, would become more thoroughly or unduly charged with the insecticide.

The interior arrangements of the device are such as to insure distribution of the mixture from the nozzle under about the same presssure conditions as those which exist at the intake end 35, so that when watering or irrigating a garden or the like, or when spraying or sprinkling vegetables or plants, the operation is rendered uniform and no additional eifort on the part of the operator isrequired.

As the hereinbefore described construction admits of considerable modification, without departing from the invention, the particular arrangements shown should be taken as illustrative;

therefore, the scope of the protection contemplated is to be taken solely from the appended claims, interpreted as broadly as is consistent with the prior art.

What I claim is:

1. An insecticide mixer and distributor for a fluid pipe line comprising in combination an elongate casing having fluid inlet and outlet ends,

an elongate foraminate container disposed within said casing and spaced from the latter, spaced baffles positioned in said container and providing compartments for soluble insecticide elements, said baifies being adapted to direct fluid outwardly through the wall of said container subsequent to movement of said fluid through said elements, supports disposed in the aforesaid space for said container, and means including said supports for directing the fluid inwardly before it reaches said outlet end, said supports being disposed in transverse planes which are spaced from the respective transverse planes of said baffles.

2. A dispenser for pellets of soluble material comprising in combination a casing for attachconnection in spaced relation with the wallsthereof, a plu- .rality of spaced baffles within thecontainer dividment to a fluid line, an inlet and an outlet opening for the casing disposed at opposite ends thereof, a tubular foraminate container mounted within said casing and spaced from the walls thereof, a disk carried by the inner periphery of said container for holding pellets, said disk having therein an opening to allow partially dissolved pellets to move therethrough, and another disk disposed between the first mentioned disk and casing outlet and having therein an opening smaller than the first opening.

,3. An insecticide mixer'and distributor for connection with a fluid pipe line comprising a casing, an inlet to the casing at one end to which the line is adapted to be connected, an outlet from the casing disposed at the opposite end thereof, a foraminate container within the casing arranged in spaced relation with the walls thereof, an annular baffle within the container dividing it into a plurality of compartments for insecticide material, said bafiie serving to direct the flow of fluid from one compartment ,into the space between the container and the casing and another annular bafiie arranged in said space and between the first mentioned battle and the outlet of the casing to direct the fluid back into another compartment before it is discharged from the casing.

4. An insecticide mixer and distributor for with a fluid pipe line compris n a casing, an inlet to the casing to which the line is adapted to be connected, an outlet from the casing disposed at the opposite end thereof, a

foraminate containerwithin the casing dispe sed ing it into a plurality of compartments arranged end to end, one of said compartments commnnicating with the inlet to the casing, andannular baflies arranged in the space between the container and the casing and alternately disposed with respect to the baiilesin the containerwhereby the fluid is caused to take a tortuous path in and out of said compartments in its passage to the casing outlet.

5. An insecticide mixer and distributor fer c ne n i h? fluid p e l e o risi a casing, an inlet to the casing at one end to which the line is adapted to be connected, an outlet from the casing disposed at the opposite end thereof, a foraminate container in the casing arranged in spaced relation with the side walls thereof and adapted to contain solute :material, and annular baiiiing means arranged in;th e space between the foraminate container and the casing and intermediatethe endsof said container, said baffling means serving to direct the fluid from said space into theforaminate container, whereby the solute 's subjected to the action of the fiuid before itpasses to the casing outlet.

6. An insecticide mixer and distributor for connection with a fluid'pipe line, comprising a casing, an inlet to thecasing at one end to which the line is adapted to be connected, an outlet from the casing disposed at the opposite end thereof, a foraminate container in the casing arranged in spaced relation with the side walls thereof and adaptedto contain solute material, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced annular baffles arranged in thespace between the foraminate container and the spacing'servingto direct the fluid which passes outwardly through tion bf said fluid before it passes to the casing outlet.

7. An insecticide mixer and distributor for connection with a fluid pipe line, comprising a casing, an inlet to the casing at one end to which the line is adapted to be connected, an outlet from the casing disposed at the opposite end thereof, a foraminate container within the casing for holding solute material and arranged in spaced relation with the side walls of the casing, and annular battling means arranged in the space between the container and the casing and intermediate the ends of said container, for holding the container centrally of the casing and serving also to direct the fluid in said space into the foraminate container whereby the solute is subjected to the action of said fluid before the fluid passes to the casing outlet.

8. An insecticide mixer and distributor for connection with a fluid pipe line, comprising a casing, an inlet to the casing at one end to which the line is adapted to be connected, an outlet from the casing disposed at the opposite end thereof, a foraminate container in the casing arranged in spaced relation with the side walls thereof and adapted to contain solute material, and baflling means arranged in the space between the foraminate container and the casing and intermediate the ends of the container, said baflling means being constructed to deflect the fluid in said space inwardly toward the container.

HARRY W. SIEBERT. 

